GREIF-VELOX CONNECT 2025: Networking for Smart Packaging Solutions

130 guests, impressive technology, and strong partnerships — that was our in-house exhibition, GREIF-VELOX CONNECT, on May 13, 2025. This year’s customer event was three times larger than in 2024, yet remained just as personal, hands-on, and future-focused.

In multiple tour groups, participants explored our facility in the Kronsforder Landstraße. Our managing directors, Thorsten Köll and Sebastian Pohl, and the manager F&E, Dr. Alexander Mildner, personally guided visitors through the production areas — accompanied by dedicated team members who enthusiastically showcased our technology.

Guests experienced live demonstrations of:

• Filling system K-DOS
• Air packers BVP / BVPV
• Vacuum packer VeloVac (for valve bags)
• Vacuum packer VeloVac XL (for FIBCs) — featuring an impressive fog special effect

Alongside the factory tours, the nearby Exvoli Studios hosted an innovation expo: our technology partners presented current developments, digital solutions, and live demos. Highlights included robotics innovations from KUKA, air filtration systems from Riedel Filtertechnik, a full roadshow by Hecht Technologie, live labeling from Bluhm Systeme, as well as system solutions from Markem-Imaje, Interroll, Busch Vacuum Solutions, and dy-pack. The diversity of exhibits made one thing clear: forward-looking packaging solutions are created through strong collaboration.

Upstairs at the Exvoli Studios, several technical presentations were held in parallel, sparking fresh ideas and vibrant discussion. Topics ranged from "Efficient Production through Modern Robotics" (moin robotics) and "Industrial Air Filtration and Its Specific Challenges" (Riedel Filtertechnik) to "The Clean Cycle of Packaging" and "Packaging as a Service (PaaS)", presented by our managing director Sebastian Pohl.

At lunchtime, we served refreshments outdoors in perfect spring weather — a welcome moment for relaxed conversation between sessions, including with international guests. We were especially pleased to welcome our new U.S. partners, Trans Automation Technologies. The day concluded with a casual networking evening at Sudden Death Brewing, complete with great connections and a relaxed atmosphere.